The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-05-14
CLOSING LITERARY LXERt ISLS.
The Years Work Of the Traded
Schools Winds Up with
Fine "Teast Of Reason"

At an early hour last Tuesday eve.
ming the Baptist church was crowded
with six or seven hundred people,
who had assembled to witness and en-
joy the closing literary exercises of
the Milan Graded Schools. Just be-
fore the hour for the exercises to he
gin, about two hundred children,
marshalled by Prof. Kellogg and his
efficient corps Of assistants, fled into
the church in military style. with the
primary pupils in the lead. After
the children were seated, the teachers,
the school board and the hoard of
mayor and aldermen were seated on
the stage, and promptly at eight
o'clock the overture by the orchestra
was given, followed by an invocation
by Rev. J.D.Lewis. The program was
then carried )ut to the letter, without
a bObble or jar to mar the pleasure of
the occasion. The whole affair was
admirably conceived and successfully
executed, and we have never seen
better order observed on any similar
occasion. The faculty, the pupils and
the community at large may congrat.
ulate each other on the happy closing
Of one of the best attended and most
thorough working school years that
the schools have ever enjoyed. The
Exchange, remembering that its praise
of the management had in some in
stances in former years been "too
previous" early in the past year deci>
ded to be more careful in future
Now that the years work has been
completed, and the work done has
been inspected by the patrons of the
schools and pronounced "very good" +"
we feel that we can, without being
charged with fulSomeness, say that
Milan now las the best system Of
graded schools in the state, outside OF
the larger cities. Prof. Kellogg, to
Use military comparison, is Lee tO
plan and Forrest to execute, thus
combining two of the most important
and useful requisites of successful
general or schoO! superintendent. He
is thorough scholar, knows how t
impart instruction, and his creates
ambition seems to be to excel in hi
noble profession. In this grand worl
he has been ably and cheerfully assist
ed by his excellent and accomplished
teachers, all of when have the Low,
and appreciation of the pupils and tn
public. They have done faithful
hard eight months work, and the Ex
change echoes the goodwill of th
public when it wishes them a pleasan
vacation, that they may he strong an
able to perform the hard duties Of an
other term. The teachers are Mis-
Mary R. Bright, principal Of gram
mar department; Miss Maye WOOler
principal of intermediate department
Miss NJ. India Thomas, principal {
, primary department, and Miss Kora
! Peoples, assistant in primary and il
> termediate departments.
We shall not, for obvious reasons
comment in detail on the execution
the program. Suffice it to say th'
all performed their parts we'll and n
a single failure was made. The mus
II was also excellently rendered, and Il
9 audience thanks the performers si
n cerely for the pleasure given then
is After the dOxology and benedictio
the large audience was dismissed,
% going home pleased and proud of o.
J. schools. Below we give the program
s. Overture, Galop, Esmeralda. l
'e vocation, Rev. ]. D. Lewis. Mus
is Merry May. Opportunity, Irma JC
s. dan. The Cup Bearer, Garry Robe
; son. The Lucky Call, Ruth Stor
ID -. II D.. C;I,av (lla-k Mus